Circle the correct item. 1) The region of continuous cold around the North Pole is:

1) The region of continuous cold around the North Pole is:

a) Antarctic

b) Arctic

c) Australia

2) Arctic includes the Arctic Ocean, thousands of islands and the northern parts of the continents of…

a) Europe, Asia and North America

b) Australia, North America, Europe

c) Europe, Asia and Southern America

3) Men long believed that the Arctic was a cold barren place where people…

a) could not live

b) could not work

c) could not develop

4) Explorers and scientists found that, except for Greenland, … of all arctic lands have no snow and ice in summer.

a) eight-tenth

b) nine-tenth

c) seven-tenth

5) The sun shines on the entire region for at least part of the day from…

a) March to September

b) April to October

c) March to July

6) The Arctic has great importance to…

a) civilization

b) humanity

c) to our planet

7) The airplanes that fly over Arctic daily from … do what men had dreamed of doing for hundreds of years.

a) Africa to Boston

b) Asia to New York

c) Europe to Los Angeles

8) Northern nations such as Canada, Russia and the USA have built … in the Arctic to protect their frontiers and made routs.

a) military installations

b) military objects

c) military headquarters

9) To build these installations, men have had to learn many things about this…

a) rough and unpleasant region

b) harsh region

c) cruel region

10) Engineers have learned how to construct houses on the … frozen soil.

a) permanently

b) long-lasting

c) always